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In each episode of Turning Point, former national news anchor and morning show host Priya Sam interviews a guest about a turning point in their life. The turning points are as diverse as the guests; some stem from big decisions or taking a leap of faith, while others are rooted in tragedy or unexpected obstacles. All are inspiring.
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The Innovators podcast, a product of Harris Search Associates, features interesting conversations with global thought leaders in the areas of higher education and research, engineering, technology, and the health sciences and provides our listeners an opportunity to benefit from lessons learned from the national leaders changing the landscape of innovation and discovery.
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Opioids in America: A Crisis Without End (with Jennifer Sharpe Potter, PhD, MPH, Vice President for Research; Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Health San Antonio ...
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In this episode of INNOVATORS, Dr. Jennifer Potter's talk offers an in-depth analysis of the enduring and deadly opioid crisis in America, exploring the factors that have sustained this epidemic for decades and assessing recent developments in overdose trends to understand their implications for the future. Originally from Canada, Dr. Potter earned…
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Becoming Unforgettable: The four step self-advocacy framework
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In this week's episode, I'm joined by the lovely Joyel Crawford. Joyel is a leadership consultant and the author of the best selling book “Show Your Ask”. On our IG Live, Joyel shared her proven 4-step framework for advocating for yourself and it's SO good! I have to say, she also has the best energy - that magnetic presence and the ability to tell…
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3 tips for answering "tell me about yourself..." in a job interview
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We all know that interviews start with some variation of, "tell me about yourself..." or "give us an overview of your career..." This is NOT a throwaway question - in fact, it is a HUGE opportunity to make a meaningful connection and differentiate yourself from other candidates. In this episode (recorded in my IG Live on August 6th), I share what N…
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How to Maximize Your Personality with Jennifer Maxwell
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Hello friend! It's been awhile and I have an update on the future of Turning Point in this episode. A huge thank you to all of you who have been with me for the past three years of Turning Point interviews. The content will be shifting a bit going forward but we're still going to be here. You'll see a mix of traditional Turning Point episodes and s…
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Musician Dondréa Erauw on success, burnout, and following her own path
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Dondréa Erauw is an award-winning Music Supervisor who worked on shows including Degrassi and Netflix’s Spinning Out. After 10 years in that industry, she left after experiencing severe burnout. After taking some time for herself, Dondréa knew that she had to follow her heart and get back to her first love - making music. She currently licenses mus…
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Mamta Chail on postpartum anxiety & her journey to mental health advocacy
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Mamta Chail is a results driven mental health advocate and the President/CEO of Youthdale Treatment Centres. Mamta’s biggest turning point happened after she gave birth to her daughter. She experienced severe postpartum anxiety and she details the impact of this experience including the cultural stigma she faced. Mamta also shares her experience im…
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Haviah Mighty on paving her own path & the rap cypher that changed everything
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Based out of Brampton via Toronto, Haviah Mighty is a songwriter, vocalist, producer, and performer. Her music is complex and unique with rap, song, and instrumentals transitioning seamlessly from hip-hop to soul to Afrobeats. Haviah's biggest turning point happened in 2016 when she was part of a rap cypher that went viral. That moment gave her the…
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Mike Shoreman on finding hope, advocating for mental health programs & his new documentary
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In 2018, Mike Shoreman was thriving. He had a successful paddle boarding business in Toronto and he had just returned from a trip to California full of new ideas for excursions he could add to his business offerings. Everything changed when Mike's chicken pox virus was reactivated and he ended up with Ramsay Hunt syndrome. This neurological conditi…
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The Successful Start of a New Medical School: A Conversation with Mark A. Schuster, MD, PhD (Founding Dean and CEO; Professor, Health Systems Science at Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine ...
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In recent years, a number of new medical schools – both allopathic and osteopathic – have launched and still more are in preparation. In 2017 Kaiser Permanente announced the appointment of Dr. Mark A. Schuster of Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital as the founding dean of the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine. …
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Data Science and the Study of Alzheimer’s (with Christopher Gaiteri, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Empire Innovation Scholar, SUNY Upstate Medical University)
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Christopher Gaiteri, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Empire Innovation Scholar at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Dr. Gaiteri earned his undergraduate degree from Washington & Lee University and his doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh. He joined Rush University as assistant professor of neurological sc…
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Singer Tara MacLean on healing childhood trauma through music
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Tara MacLean is a singer and songwriter known for her hit songs, “Evidence” and “If I Fall”. She was discovered singing on a BC ferry (more on that in the episode!) and has toured with Dido, Tom Cochrane and performed at Lilith Fair. Tara recently released a new book called Song of the Sparrow where she shares her whole life story for the first tim…
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Emm Gryner on touring with David Bowie, motherhood & new beginnings
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Emm Gryner is an award-winning singer, songwriter, actor and best-selling author. Emm sang and played keyboard in David Bowie’s band, and appears on numerous recordings with him. In this episode, we take a trip through Emm's biggest turning points including: getting her first record deal and being dropped by her label, touring with David Bowie, bec…
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Journalist Meera Estrada on being Dalit & the consequences of casteism
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Meera Estrada is a radio host and the founder of Fusia Media, a company engaged in digital lifestyle publishing catered to South Asian Canadian Women. Her biggest turning point happened when she shared publicly that her family were part of the Dalit caste, also known as the untouchables or the lowest caste in the Hindu caste system. Meera found out…
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Speaker Slam co-founder Dan Shaikh on experiencing body dysmorphia & overcoming toxic shame
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Dan Shaikh is the co-founder of Speaker Slam, a speaker development agency and the organization behind North America's largest speaking competition. When Dan was a teenager, he developed a condition known as gynecomastia which caused him to develop breasts. He hid away behind baggy clothes and tried to fade into the background in general to avoid d…
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Julie Lawrence on addiction, misogyny & seeing everyone as a teacher
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Julie Lawrence is the editor of the newly launched DEFY magazine. The publication focuses on validating the experiences women have with misogyny in the workplace and offers tips and tools from professionals for how to deal with it. Julie’s biggest turning point was getting sober after years of drug and alcohol addiction almost took her life. Julie …
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The Development and Evolution of Data Science: Potential and Leadership (with Philip E. Bourne, Ph.D., Founding Stephenson Dean, School of Data Science and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University ...
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Dr. Philip Bourne, founding Stephenson Dean of the School of Data Science at the University of Virginia, established in 2019 with a gift of $120 million. Dr. Bourne’s career encompasses work at Columbia University, the University of California at San Diego, and the National Institutes of Health and includes motorcycle jaunts throughout western Virg…
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Leroy Hibbert on identifying and interrupting racism
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Leroy Hibbert is a speaker, workshop facilitator and community educator. He delivers messages of anti-racism, anti-bullying, and cross-cultural conflict and understanding to community and civic organizations, police services, schools and businesses. Through his work, he hopes to help people understand how to identify racism, interrupt it, and take …
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Global National's weekend anchor Farah Nasser on prioritizing mental health
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Farah Nasser was named Global National's weekend anchor in June, 2022. Shortly before that she was co-anchor of Global Toronto's 6:00 news. Towards the end of her time at Global Toronto, Farah ended up taking a leave of absence. She spent a large part of it going to therapy and unpacking her past including the death of her son. In this episode, Far…
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Pushing the Boundaries of What's Possible in Children's Health: Breakthroughs & Beyond (with Carlos R. Estrada Jr., MD)
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Over the past year, several INNOVATORS were devoted to learning more about the state of pediatric research. In this podcast, we learn about a breakthrough in the development of tissue from silk for use in the treatment of children born with spinal bifida. Dr. Carlos Estrada holds appointments at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School…
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Data Science: Academia's Newest and Fastest-Growing Field (with Dr. Talitha Washington, Professor of Mathematics and the Director of the Atlanta University Center Data Science Initiative)
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Dr. Talitha Washington is Professor of Mathematics and the Director of the Atlanta University Center Data Science Initiative. On leave to the National Science Foundation, she received the NSF Director’s Award for Superior Accomplishment in 2020 “for exceptional stewardship in establishing the first NSF Hispanic-serving Institution program.” She is …
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Author Bridget George on the importance of sharing language, culture, and art
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Bridget George is an an award-winning children’s book author and illustrator. Their debut book is a dual Language, English and Ojibwe children’s book, called “It’s a Mitig.” In this episode, Bridget opens up about taking an unconventional path. As a teen, Bridget was experiencing mental health issues and was expelled from high school but was determ…
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Fertile Times in Materials Science: A Conversation with Dr. David Kaplan
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David Kaplan is Distinguished Professor and Stern Family Professor of Engineering and Chair of Biomedical Engineering at Tufts University and was recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Research is achieving major breakthroughs in tissue growth, cellular agriculture, medical implants, new ways to store electricity and deal with pla…
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Climate Change & Actionable Scientific Research: A Conversation with Dr. James Arnott, Executive Director of the Aspen Global Change Institute
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While the dispute over the causes and sources of climate change continues, few doubt the need for action to deal with the consequences of climate change. And action can best be guided by findings from solid scientific research. James Arnott, Ph.D. makes the case that science can contribute to not only policy but action. But for that to occur, scien…
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Mary Berg on surviving tragedy and her passion for cooking
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Mary Berg won Masterchef Canada Season 3 and has since written two cookbooks, hosted two cooking shows (Mary Makes it Easy and Mary's Kitchen Crush), and makes regular appearances on morning shows and talk shows around the country. I'm so thrilled to have her as a guest for episode 50 and the final episode of season 2. There have been many turning …
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Camille Dundas on diversity, inclusion and betting on yourself
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Camille Dundas is a racial equity educator specializing in anti-racism and allyship and she recently released her first online course on inclusive communication. How she ended up doing this work is part of her turning point. It all started with a presentation on another topic that turned into a discussion about hiring diverse candidates during the …
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Lessons of a Salvadoran Refugee’s Path of Success in American Higher Education (with Susana Rivera-Mills, Ph.D., Provost & Executive Vice President, Ball State University)
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Hard work, family support, and education are often cited as key elements in the success of most of the immigrants to the United States. These hold true for many Hispanics and Dr. Rivera-Mills of Ball State and her experiences and success exemplify that formula. Her success affords evidence to suggest just how Hispanics can achieve similar results. …
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A CFO Assesses Impact of Pandemic on an Academic Medical Center (with Brian Burnett, Ph.D., Senior Vice President for Finance & Administration, University of Alabama at Birmingham)
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Even as the COVID pandemic continues to plague the world, assessments of the effects of the virus and its variants are in order. Healthcare systems have borne some of the brunt of the effects and those associated with the preparation of health professionals have had to adapt “on the fly” to what are sometimes profound changes to the ways they deliv…
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Jennie Painter on advocating for open adoption
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Jennie Painter was one of the first people to talk about the idea of open adoption in Canada. She has spent her career counselling both birth parents and adoptive parents about the benefits of open adoption. In this episode, we learn about how she started working in this field and what changes she would like to see to the system in Canada. Before h…
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Digital Health – Technological & Scientific Invention & Innovation in Healthcare (with Dr. Eric Perakslis, Chief Science & Digital Officer, Duke Clinical Research Institute
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In an extended and extensive interview, Dr. Perakslis drew on his experience in industry, regulatory agencies, and academia as well as his book co-authored with Martin Stanley, Digital Health: Understanding the Benefit-Risk Patient-Provider Framework, to address the following questions: How do we tackle the challenges of the unintended (and undesir…
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Journalist Ginella Massa on taking chances and making history
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Ginella Massa is the host of CBC's Canada tonight and she is also the first TV reporter and anchor to wear hijab in Canada. She made history after her biggest turning point; leaving a full-time job behind the scenes to pursue her dream of being an on-air reporter. In this episode we also hear about how Ginella was always the chatty kid in class and…
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Dr. Alika Lafontaine on diversity and inclusion in medicine
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Dr. Alika Lafontaine’s biggest turning point happened when he was in medical school. He was the only Indigenous student in his class and after some negative experiences, he was left feeling like he didn’t belong. As he considered dropping out, two people came along who changed everything. Dr. Lafontaine is now the President-elect of the Canadian Me…
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Calan Breckon on hope and a life changing opportunity
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“Sometimes that’s all a person needs is to just know that somebody sees them…That little spark of hope can ignite a blaze.” This quote from Calan Breckon's episode is still on my mind. Calan is a life coach and his biggest turning point came from a low point when he didn't know how he was going to pay his rent. After hitting rock bottom, he got a j…
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Dionne Sinclair on being the Black role model she wished she had
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Dionne Sinclair is VP Clinical Operations and the Chief Nurse at CAMH, Canada's largest mental health teaching hospital. Her biggest turning point happened when she was laid off from her job as a nurse. At the time, she had two young kids and decided to move back in with her parents so she could go to university. She already had a diploma from Fans…
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Entrepreneur Michelle Kwok on finding joy and changing course
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Everyone who knew Michelle Kwok as a child knew she wanted to be a doctor. She was already doing health research in high school and often talked about her dream of going to medical school. It wasn't until she started university at a school where no one knew about her childhood dream that she started to think about what would truly make her happy. A…
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Humza Mian on representation and a life-changing friendship
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Humza Mian is known in drag as Mango Lassi. In this episode, we start by hearing about Humza's childhood and the pressure he felt to be hyper masculine. It was meeting a queer, brown person who was living his life happily that changed everything for Humza when he was in his late teens. We'll also find out about Mango Lassi's rise to fame in the wor…
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Author Vanessa Ferlaino on healing through acting, journaling, and gratitude
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Vanessa Ferlaino was 23 years old when her father died from brain cancer. It was around the same time that she left an abusive relationship and decided to move across the country. The move to Calgary marked a major turning point in her life. One of the most impactful decisions she made after her move was to take acting classes, which is where she s…
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Daniel MacQueen on recovering from a life-changing brain injury
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Daniel MacQueen was in his twenties and living in the UK when he started getting terrible headaches. The first time he went to the hospital, he was told he had vertigo and advised to get his eyes checked. He went to an optometrist and that appointment ended with Daniel being sent back to the hospital. Hours later, he was having emergency brain surg…
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Assessing the State of Cancer Research: Insights from an Innovative Clinician-Scientist
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Dr. Raymond Bergan, Deputy Director at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Fred and Pamela Buffet Cancer Center and Professor in both UNMC’s Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and the Division of Oncology and Hematology in the Department of Internal Medicine, joins Innovators to share his assessment of the state of cancer research and wh…
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Zeba Khan is the founder of Free Periods Canada and her biggest turning point happened after she watched a video showing the discomfort that people experience when they don't have access to menstrual products. It led her to buy and distribute pads and tampons to homeless shelters in Vancouver. Her next step; putting out a call to action on Facebook…
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Survivor winner Erika Casupanan on being the underdog
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Erika Casupanan is the first Canadian and the first person of Filipino descent EVER to win Survivor. She's also the first woman to win in several seasons and in this episode we get all of the details about her strategy and what was going on behind the scenes and. It's no surprise that winning Survivor is Erika's biggest turning point. You'll also h…
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Inventor Erfan Nouraee on failure as a step to success
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Inventor Erfan Nouraee is just 19 years old and his work is already being recognized by the United Nations; He received an award for his most recent invention in 2021. Erfan has been on the path of being an inventor since he was a child. He started with household items; one of his first creations was a pair of goggles with fans on the sides for his…
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Dr. Jenny Liu on researching resilience after being the victim of a stalker
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Dr. Jenny Liu has a new take on how we should define resilience. I found it refreshing that she doesn't limit her definition of resilience to innate qualities, but also connects it to external factors (more on that in the episode). Jenny's research on resilience started after one of her biggest turning points; reporting a man who had been cyberstal…
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Designer Mani Jassal on family, fashion and following her dream
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Mani Jassal is a fashion designer who focuses on luxury evening and bridal wear inspired by South Asian fabrics and culture with a western twist. Her biggest turning point; the moment her father came around and decided to support her dream of being a designer. He initially hoped she would pursue engineering but after seeing how talented she was as …
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Adrian Sutherland is a singer, songwriter and advocate from the Attawapiskat First Nation. His biggest turning point happened in 2016 when he left his position as CEO at a development company to pursue music and spend more time with his family. In this episode, Adrian shares the moment he made the decision and the challenges and rewards of making s…
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Parween Mander on overcoming financial trauma
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Parween Mander is a Millennial Money Coach and her passion for helping others manage their finances comes from her biggest turning point; when she was 16-years-old, her family almost lost their home. Parween's parents didn't speak much English so she was going from bank to bank with them and relaying the information when their mortgage applications…
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Ayomide Bayowa is Mississauga, Ontario's Poet Laureate and in this episode we hear how poetry has shaped who he is today. It all started with a turning point in high school in Nigeria when he first felt a connection to poetry. Ayomide isn't afraid to take on tough topics either. After the death of Ejaz Chowdry, a man killed by Peel Police during a …
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Healthcare Information Security (with Jack Kufahl, Chief Information Security Officer at Michigan Medicine)
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Jack Kufahl, Chief Information Security Officer at Michigan Medicine, joins Innovators to talk about the world of information security as it relates to healthcare. Jack Kufahl is responsible for planning, developing, implementing, and maintaining the Michigan Medicine information assurance program. He directs all information assurance activity acro…
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Dr. Andrew Boozary on equity and advocacy in healthcare
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Dr. Andrew Boozary grew up in a house where human rights and inequity were often topics of conversation. His mother was trained as a human rights lawyer and his father is a doctor who came to Canada as an Iranian refugee and went back to school in order to practice medicine in Canada. Advocacy and a passion for equity in healthcare continue to be a…
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Perdita Felicien on the impact of domestic violence, her track career and pivoting to broadcasting
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Perdita Felicien became a household name in Canada as a world champion hurdler in her early twenties. Recently, she shared her family's story in her book, My Mother's Daughter, where we learn that the hurdles that were part of her track and field career came after her family overcame some major hurdles of their own. Her mother Catherine came to Can…
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Jodie Pappas on PCOS, orthorexia and her skincare brand Clean Kiss
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Jodie Pappas is the founder of the vegan, cruelty free beauty company, Clean Kiss. In this interview, we go back to her twenties for her biggest turning point; discovering she had Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). She and her husband were trying to have a baby at the time and this lead to her needing fertility treatment. She was one of the lucky on…
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